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Insights, our annual publication featuring the latest policy-relevant research.
Launching our annual publication, Insights 2023, with two events discussing the latest research using Understanding Society data.
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Call for Abstracts: Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2023
The Scientific Conference will be held at the University of Essex on the 11, 12 and 13 July 2023.
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Introduction to Understanding Society using Stata / R / SPSS or SAS
Venue: University of Essex
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Economic insecurity and resilience in times of disruptive change
Venue: Broadway House, London & ONLINE
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Introduction to Geographical Data Linkage – Linking Open Data to Understanding Society
Presented by: Kristijan Garic
Venue: ONLINE
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The Legacy of Longevity: Persistent inequalities in UK life expectancy 1500-2022
Presented by: Charles Rahal, University of Oxford
Venue: ISER Seminar Room
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ISER Seminar – Topic TBC
Presented by: Francesca Zantomio, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Venue: ONLINE
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Socialisation disrupted: the intergenerational transmission of political engagement in immigrant families
Using a longitudinal household survey in the UK, this paper combines self-reports of the political engagement of immigrant parents and their UK raised children to examine the political socialisation process in immigrant families. We find that international migration disrupts the transmission of political engagement in immigrant families: associations between voting,...
Presented by: Prof. Renee Luthra (internal seminar ISER), joint work with Magda Borkowska (ISER)
Venue: ISER Seminar Room
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Call for papers: MiSoC Workshop on Subjective Expectations
We invite scholars to submit their manuscripts to the Subjective Expectations Workshop to be held at Bocconi University.
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Call for papers: MiSoC Workshop on Subjective Expectations
Presented by: Charles Manski, Northwestern University & Mirko Wiederholt LMU Munich
Venue: Bocconi University, Italy
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The Economic Value of Childhood and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Skills
This research estimates models of the relationship between early skill measures and later outcomes. We use uniquely wide-ranging measures on child behaviours at ages 10 and 16, teen occupational interests, and later life outcomes, such as earnings, education, and occupational tasks. We use several waves from the British Cohort Study (BCS, 1970). Our factor...
Presented by: Paul Garcia Hinojosa
Venue: ISER Seminar Room
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Understanding the long-term impact of debt advice
Our evaluation of the Government’s pilot study finds a large scale survey would be feasible, important and timely